Former President Donald Trump’s supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.
If you told me 10 years ago Donald Fucking Trump would be the head of the largest American cult of all time…
Just… What the fuck guys? What the actual fuck.
Maybe they’re one of those suicide cults?
Pure brain rot, Jesus Christ.
They prefer Trump over HIM, too.
Actually scary.
First thing I thought.
How does ‘grab them by the pussy’ and ‘Mexico will pay for the Wall’ make someone trustworthy?
Literal fascists.
My father is one of them. Because of his idiotic glorification and idol worship of trump, my family has told him to fuck off. Haven’t talked to him for almost 3 years now. He even believed the big lie
It is sad to hear how we let the wealthy class and politicians divide us on culture wars and identity politics.
We should be talking more to the people we don’t agree with and come together over class lines, working class vs. wealthy class.
Trump and Sanders were both able to create a grassroots movement for a reason.
Talking is the way to get to what we share in common, instead we focus on what we disagree on.
Unfortunately you are right. But haters and bigots don’t want to talk about bettering themselves, they want destruction of what they don’t like.
I miss the 80’s and 90’s where people had their differences but listened to the other side without whataboutisms or evil rhetoric.
I have a sister that’s the same.
I would have never guessed she’d fall victim to such a thing… she’s intelligent and Trump prior to running for election was the type of person she’d despise. I don’t know what happened. It’s like the person I knew got taken over by a sick, alien virus that’s destroyed the person I remember. She’s angry, condescending and downright hateful to anyone that tries to talk to her about the lies and real evidence she ignores. It’s sad, and I miss the sister I remember.
Admitting she is wrong about a single fact would bring the entire house of cards tumbling down… Imagine having to admit you are wrong about everything you have come to represent. It would come with soul crushing pain to your ego, and these people can’t confront that.
Same with my father. He was a great guy until he jumped on the Trump train. Now he is a hateful, bigoted racist that thinks if you don’t think the way he does you aren’t worth his time. I learned my thought process from him where you don’t blindly follow someone else. Research, research and more research before you commit youself to something. Make sure you are making an informed decision, hell he is a retired cop, he was a detective, he knows how important it is to look at the evidence and make the right decision. But not since Trump, he even started looking up Qanon shit to base his decisions on. I miss who he was, but I won’t join his beliefs just to keep him in my life.
Your father is still probably following his process, but one of the most dangerous things Trump did was sew distrust of trustworthy sources. If you throw out government agencies, the mainstream media, and what scientists say, then doing extra research ends up coming from rightwing sources and just pushes you further right. And it’s a hard thing to defend against because government agencies can and have been dishonest and the mainstream media usually is.
Their stupidity is a burden on those around them tho
Cult
Not the smartest bunch. Unfortunately, that bunch seems to encompass 30-40 percent of the American population.
They’ll take it as far as the pollster wants ask. It’s not really about what they believe or say, it’s about unwavering support and owning the libs. They know they’ll never be tested where they have to choose, so it’s just a big game to them.
While this is certainly not far from the truth, it becomes an actual problem if too many crazies assume, they’re not alone.
All the people storming the capitol did actually get tested and they “passed”.
Cult
everyone’s saying cult when they mean fetish?
No, cult is the correct word. Fetish suggests that it’s sexual.
Only if you pair it with sexualality
fet·ish noun
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a form of sexual desire in which gratification is strongly linked to a particular object or activity or a part of the body other than the sexual organs.
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an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.
cult noun
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a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
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a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
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a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.
So, it’s either sexual or directed at an inanimate object. Trump is not inanimate.
Trumpism is a dangerous cult.
Guess those definitions changed since I last looked. Used to mean anything that’s somewhat obsessive. “I have a fetish for collecting paperclips”
Hell, I’d say #3 of cult is what fetish used to mean.
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It’s a cult.
How accurate are polls these days? If you can’t call people with cell phones, you’re forced to call landlines, and those are owned by septuagenarians and octogenarians who lean hard to the right. It’s had an effect on the accuracy of polls, as the recently fired Nate Silver will tell you. His analyses used to be eerily accurate, but then cell phones happened.
I’m a 45 year old leftist with a land line in a rural part of a southern state.
Apparently Jonestown was just a dry run.
at least, in the end, they rid the world of themselves. MAGAts want everyone else dead.
That’s because they’re morons.
These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West.
A mudslide?
B3cause they are all fucking idiots.
Probably poorly educated.
Jeeeesus fucking christ. America is one fucked up culture. I feel bad for them.
